Power-train mounting for automobiles.



H. G. MARMON.

POWER TRAIN MOUNTING FOR AUTOMOBILES,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1913.

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HOWARD c. MAinvIoN, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 NORDYKE & MARMON COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

I POWER-TRAIN MOUNTING FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed March 7,

171 all whom it may com-cm Be it known that I, HOWARD C. MARMoN,

Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Power-Train Mounting for Automotion.

My invention relates to the mounting of automobile engines, and its ob ect is sovto jar is not transmitted to the automobile frame and on the other it is notsubjected which the automobile frame is subjected but is neventheless held firmly in proper position'relative to such frame.

In carrying outmy invention, I provide one end of the engine with an annular member ofi'set upwardly from the axis of the crank shaft, and clamp such annular member in the automobile frame with an interposed resilient member, and provide the other end of the engine with a pair of arms resiliently attached to the automobile frame. The accompanying drawing illustrates .my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the front end of an automobile chassis and associated engine, embodying my invent-ion; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a section on the line 1-4 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The automobile chassis has the usual l0n-. gitudinal side bars 10 connected by suitable cross bars, including a cross bar 11 at the. front end ofthe engine 12. The engine has and the front end of the crank case 13 is provided withan annular member 15 which is offset vertically upwardffromthe-center ofthe crank case so thatthe crank shaft 14: projects through a bearing 16 in said an-" nular member 15 at a point vertically below the-center of the latter. The cross bar 11- is provided with a' central arc-shaped de-' pression or bed in which the annular memin place by. a clamping strap 18 Which ex tends over it and is fastened to the cross bar 11 by suitable bolts 19. The annular mem-v ber 15 is surrounded by a ring 20 of suit- Specification of Letters Patent.

able resilient material, such as rubber, which Patented July 1 1, 1914.

1913. Serial No. 752,602.

is interposed bet-ween such annular member and the bed 17 and strap 18.

The crankcase 13 at its rear end is provided witha pair of opposite laterally ex of a forked member 30, which rests in a stirrup 31 fastened to' and extending inwardly and-downwardly from the adjacent longitudinal bar 10 of the chassis. The forked member 30 has .a downward threaded projection 32 extending through the base 33 of the stirrup- 31, said projection 32 being provided with a lock nut 3 1. for holding the forked 'memberf30 in tlie'stirrup. Dowel pins 35 prevent relative movement of the forked member and stirrup about a vertical axis. member 30 and the base .33 of the stirrup- 81 Between the bottom of the forked I 1 is a layer 36 of resilient material, such "as rubber.

In operation, the resilient material 20,

27, and 36 prevents the twists to which the;v

chassis is subjected from being transmitted to the engine, and also prevents arring.

due to the engine from being transmitted to the chassis and'thcnce to the car occupants. At the same time, the engine and chassis are firmly held in proper relationship to each other. The offsetting of the annular member 15 upward from the crank shaft axis serves to make the engine more stable, reducing the tendency for it to move from its posit-ion by reason of the reactions of the crank shaft on the engine pistons.

I claim as my invention:

:1. In combination, an automobile chassis, an engine, said engine having at one end an annular member offset vertically upward from the axis of the. enginecrank shaft, and

saidchassishaving a cross bar having in its n'pper surfaceabed in which said annular member fits;"a clamp for holding said annular member in said bed, and a ring of resilient material -.in ter posed between said 'i annularmeinber and saidbed and clamp.

' 2. Inconibination, an automobile chassis,

an engine, said engine having at one end an annular member, and said chassis having a cross bar having in its upper surface a bed inwhich said annular member fits, a clamp for holding said annular member in said bed and also fitting said annular member, and a ring of resilient material interposed between said annular member and said bed and clamp.

3. In combination, an automobile chassis, an engine, said engine having at one end an annular member ofiset vertically from the axis of the engine crankshaft, and said chassis having a cross bar having in its'upper surface a bed in which said annular member fits, a clamp for holding said annular member in said bed, and a ring of resilient material interposed between said annular member and said bed and clamp.

4. In combination, an automobile chassis, an engine having at one end a pair of oppositely laterally projecting arms, stirrups supported by the chassis and extending inwardly and downwardly therefrom, said arn'is resting in said stirrups, and being provided with horizontal holes extending through them, pins supported by said stirrups and extending through said holes, and

bushings of resilient material spacing said pins from'said arms.

'5. In combination, an automobile chassis having a cross bar provided in its upper surface with a bed, an engine provided at one end with a member which fits insaid bed, a clamping member also fitting said member and holding it in .place in said bed, a ring of resilient material spacing said member from said bed and said clamping member, said engine bein provided at the other end with a pair 0 arms projecting laterally and oppositely therefrom, stirrups supported by said chassis and forming rests for said arms, and resilient material between said stirrups and saidarms.

6. In combinatlon, an automobile chassis having a cross bar provided 111 lts upper surface with a bed, an engine provldedat one end with a member which fits in said from, stirrups supported by said chassis and' forming rests for said arms, and resilient material between said stirrups and said arms.

In-witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this fifth day of March, A. I). one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

' HOWARD O. MARMON. Witnesses:

v ARTHUR M. H001), I FRANK A. FAHLE. 

